Chequers, Stanton - pub details
Address: Dale Road, Stanton, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4QF [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 37303) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Long Eaton (4.1 miles), Attenborough (4.3 miles), Spondon (4.6 miles)
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> Current user rating: 7.0/10 (rated by 4 users)
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Seven Oaks, Stanton by Dale (0.8 miles), Blue Bell, Sandiacre (1.2 miles), Plough Inn, Sandiacre (1.3 miles), Red Lion, Sandiacre (1.3 miles), Risley Park, Risley (1.4 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of Chequers, Stanton
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| I was a fairly regular customer here in the 1970s and 1980s. I remember Bass being a fixture, sold on stillage. The pub memorably featured paintings of the local cricket team (unless I dreamt that.) Today, all the plaster has been stripped off the walls down as far as the wainscot, but there is still a stuffed owl, and, touchingly, some hats, of those whom I assume to have been erstwhile, and now sadly-missed, but fondly-remembered regulars. The pub is soft-upholstered throughout, giving a cosy and comfortable feel. There was HPA, JHB, Bass and 6X, along with a cider. Since I had just scored my two-millionth red arrow (not green, goodness me no, ladies and gentlemen) on the Daily Mail's what-passes-for-comment threads, I was in the mood for a modest celebration. I had a JHB. The pub advertised "real food", and so we went for the battered fish, chips, and peas. The lady behind the bar appeared with a bowl of flour, and cracked an egg into it, later adding a dash of lager, and then some soda water, interestingly. You can't say much fairer than that, really can you? Yes, this is a little gem. Going back to the memorial headwear, and to the former regulars here, I'd be very grateful, if anyone who knew him at the Chequers could raise a glass to the recently-late Alan Winfield of these parts, being the much-missed, and arguably the most prolific visitor of pubs in these fair isles. "To Alan". Hulots_hat - 17 Aug 2018 20:17 |
| I always used to find this a great village pub: a long thinnish single gallery, but partitioned between a bar at the front and carpeted area at the rear. It sold still, headless Bass, from a tressle, and it was always in fine form. Still looks the same from the outside, must look in again. eddybeer - 10 Mar 2013 18:38 |
